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policy. sent each is have taken to the streets of spain one of the largest day of protests so far and it calls for the government to step aside spain's public sector is facing fresh cuts with a hit to education expected to be nearly five billion euros poor shrit producer at artie's abruptly agency spoke to some of the demonstrators. hundreds of people are gathered here in madrid to complain about cuts in education they are mostly students parents of students and teachers but the education is not their only concern they're also demanding the resignation of the government the government of money i know the whole has been accused of receiving bribes from private companies and opening bank accounts in switzerland look at other people you can see burton's saying calling spain the last vegas of the european union and also complaining about the lack of democracy that people are protesting and there is no solution to their complaints the salary of a teacher. if i have to pay a mortgage and everything
policy. sent each is have taken to the streets of spain one of the largest day of protests so far and it calls for the government to step aside spain's public sector is facing fresh cuts with a hit to education expected to be nearly five billion euros poor shrit producer at artie's abruptly agency spoke to some of the demonstrators. hundreds of people are gathered here in madrid to complain about cuts in education they are mostly students parents of students and teachers but the education is...
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foreign policy. many people around the world are very concerned. as they should be all right appreciate your thoughts on the subject will be interesting to see how this plays out dr colonic carvel scholar and author of exporting made in america democracy thanks for being with us. now later in the program iran gives egypt a loan to help the cash strapped state that is foundering in political crisis stay afloat. that is despite tehran itself laboring under severe economic pressure after several rounds of us backed sanctions over its nuclear program. tunisia is witnessing the largest political crisis sense of the revolution two years ago anti-government protests turned violent as police used tear gas to disperse crowds near the interior ministry earlier the violence spread to the southern city of god where hundreds attacked security forces with stones and petrol bombs and rest was sparked by the assassination of the secular opposition leader bill light known for his anti islamic criticism the country's prime minister moved to quell the unrest by formi
foreign policy. many people around the world are very concerned. as they should be all right appreciate your thoughts on the subject will be interesting to see how this plays out dr colonic carvel scholar and author of exporting made in america democracy thanks for being with us. now later in the program iran gives egypt a loan to help the cash strapped state that is foundering in political crisis stay afloat. that is despite tehran itself laboring under severe economic pressure after several...
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policy i'm also not an expert on sustainable farming systems the history of social movements or lego's the occupy movement has experts on all those things and more. i'm not really one of them i'm happily married husband the father of truth and past the children i live on a main street in a small new england town with actual white picket fences i made this movie for you me and everyone we know in the hope that we can create a world where human need comes before corporate greed so why does it feel almost un-american to say that the think about it this way just go with me.
policy i'm also not an expert on sustainable farming systems the history of social movements or lego's the occupy movement has experts on all those things and more. i'm not really one of them i'm happily married husband the father of truth and past the children i live on a main street in a small new england town with actual white picket fences i made this movie for you me and everyone we know in the hope that we can create a world where human need comes before corporate greed so why does it...
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policy it would mean that someone who was deemed unacceptable four years previous speaks most of his involvement in torture and rendition of about which we've learned nothing but additional negative information is now acceptable the close he engages in a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad news of the torture and this is actually how people think and how they talk that murdering people is or legal more acceptable more moral and just really then capturing people in torturing them as if anyone is captured must be tortured and so forth and as if we must have a ground war anywhere we don't have a drone war but this is out there thinking and it is absolutely revolting there there are many americans who do object but we're in a minority well they have had harsh words for sure but. you may be in the minority of course as you mentioned john brennan was forced to withdraw his own canada see back in two thousand and eight over the same sorts of issues so why do you think president obama so came to see him at the at the head of the agency if we already know that t
policy it would mean that someone who was deemed unacceptable four years previous speaks most of his involvement in torture and rendition of about which we've learned nothing but additional negative information is now acceptable the close he engages in a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad news of the torture and this is actually how people think and how they talk that murdering people is or legal more acceptable more moral and just really then capturing people in...
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policy it's not worth it in the end we can continue to carry on our actions without restraint john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war counts the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason the targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense obama has redefined war three intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the dr
policy it's not worth it in the end we can continue to carry on our actions without restraint john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war counts the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason the targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense obama has redefined war...
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policy it's not worth it in the end we can continue to carry on our actions without restraint john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense obama has redefined war there an intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the
policy it's not worth it in the end we can continue to carry on our actions without restraint john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense obama has redefined...
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policy aligned with the constitution when foreign policy has become so monolithic so lacking in debate that republicans and democrats routinely pass foreign policy statements without debating without votes where are the calls for moderation the calls for restraint anyone who questions the bipartisan consensus is immediately castigated rebuked and their patriotism challenged but there are some that are weary of the younger paul in question just how closely his beliefs resemble that of his father earlier was joined by matt welch editor in chief for reason i asked him if brand has been able to appeal to a conservative base that his father repulsed. yes already in the very fact that we were the heritage foundation in february of twenty thirty. years of heritage banging the drums for more funding and more world. there was about one month before the november elections with the party in ram all with all those heritage presidents and as owner of a rose a serious piece with the american enterprise institute head and also bill kristol of the weekly standard basically saying hate the party kids d
policy aligned with the constitution when foreign policy has become so monolithic so lacking in debate that republicans and democrats routinely pass foreign policy statements without debating without votes where are the calls for moderation the calls for restraint anyone who questions the bipartisan consensus is immediately castigated rebuked and their patriotism challenged but there are some that are weary of the younger paul in question just how closely his beliefs resemble that of his father...
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policy. tens of thousands of students and teachers have taken to the streets of spain on the largest day of protest so far i mean calls for the government to step aside spain's public sector is facing fresh cuts with the hits to the education expected to be nearly five billion euros polish mitt produce said artie's a rupee video agency's way to some of the demonstrators. hundreds of people are gathered here in madrid to complain about cuts in education they are mostly students parents of students and teachers but the education is not their only concern they're also demanding the resignation of the government the government of money i know the whole has been accused of receiving bribes from private companies and opening bank accounts in switzerland look at other people you can see burton's saying calling spain the last vegas of the european union and also complaining about the lack of democracy that people are protesting and there is no solution to their complaints the salary of a teacher. if
policy. tens of thousands of students and teachers have taken to the streets of spain on the largest day of protest so far i mean calls for the government to step aside spain's public sector is facing fresh cuts with the hits to the education expected to be nearly five billion euros polish mitt produce said artie's a rupee video agency's way to some of the demonstrators. hundreds of people are gathered here in madrid to complain about cuts in education they are mostly students parents of...
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. >> i would argue that a more restrained foreign policy is the true conservative foreign policy. >> the average american is not thinking about and trying to wonder about where the republican party is. they're thinking about how to make their life work. >> your leader in the house right there, eric cantor, where is this debate headed? >> i think it's a good debate for the republican party to have. when you lose an election, you ought to be a little bit reflective and ought to think back and ought to begin to say, what do we need to do differently? we didn't do badly in the election, but the president won with less than he was elected in '08, lower popular vote, lower electoral vote. we held the house, we have 30 governors. the idea this is some existential crisis is overdone, i think, but we didn't win so what do we need differently. i like what we're hearing and like the direct line that governor jindal took because i think we have -- >> we can't be too -- >> yeah, we nearly were in the fiscal cliff and could have triggered a big tax increase. i don't want to be stupid but you also
. >> i would argue that a more restrained foreign policy is the true conservative foreign policy. >> the average american is not thinking about and trying to wonder about where the republican party is. they're thinking about how to make their life work. >> your leader in the house right there, eric cantor, where is this debate headed? >> i think it's a good debate for the republican party to have. when you lose an election, you ought to be a little bit reflective and...
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policy. it would mean that someone who was deemed unacceptable for years for e.v.a.'s because of his involvement in torture and rendition about which we've learned nothing but additional negative information is now acceptable because he engages in a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad nissel of the torture and this is actually how people think and how they talk that murdering people is or legal more acceptable more moral and just in good then capturing people and torturing them as if anyone is captured must be tortured and so forth and as if we must have a ground war anywhere we don't have a drone war that this is how they are thinking and it is it is absolutely revolting there there are many americans who do object but we're in a minority well they have had harsh words for sure but. you may be in the minority of course as you mentioned john brennan was forced to withdraw his own planet as a back in two thousand and eight over the same sorts of issues so why do
policy. it would mean that someone who was deemed unacceptable for years for e.v.a.'s because of his involvement in torture and rendition about which we've learned nothing but additional negative information is now acceptable because he engages in a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad nissel of the torture and this is actually how people think and how they talk that murdering people is or legal more acceptable more moral and just in good then capturing people and...
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policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. it's got much worse i mean strikes under obama have been much much greater i think it was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but eleven's not very freely there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting itself into a lot of problems for the future and again as i say other countries have got this technology they're developing it really rapidly when countries are attacking places that the united states have interests and i don't know what's going to be said well the wars will actually be triggered or what ok david i'll give you the last word in the program you know other countries who get these weapons and relatively soon. many many countries have got them and are beginning to use them and that disturbs americans in their xenophobia and their exceptionalism and that may help to change the debate i certainly hope so coup senator was not on elected he was redistric
policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. it's got much worse i mean strikes under obama have been much much greater i think it was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but eleven's not very freely there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting itself into a lot of problems for the future and again as i say other countries have got this...
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policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. much worse to me strikes under obama have been much much greater i think it was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but the elevons not very freely there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting itself into a lot of problems for the future and again as i say other countries have got this technology they're developing it really rapidly when countries are attacking places that the united states have interests and i don't know what's going to be said well the wars will actually be triggered or what ok david i'll give you the last word in the program you know other countries who get these weapons and relatively soon. many many countries have got them and are beginning to use them and that disturbs americans in their xenophobia and their exceptionalism and that may help to change the debate i certainly hope so coup sen was not on elected he was redistricted out all
policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. much worse to me strikes under obama have been much much greater i think it was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but the elevons not very freely there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting itself into a lot of problems for the future and again as i say other countries have got this technology...
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policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. much worse and he strikes under obama have been much much greater i think was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but eleven's not very much. there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting its. future on the game as i say other countries have got this technology they're developing it really rapidly when countries are talking places that the united states have interests and i don't know what's going to be said well the wars will actually be triggered or what ok david i'll give you the last word in the program you know other countries who get these weapons and relatively soon. many many countries have got them and are beginning to use them and that disturbs americans in their xenophobia and their exceptionalism and that may help to change the debate i certainly hope so coup sen was not on elected he was redistricted out all right i don't know what i've run out o
policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. much worse and he strikes under obama have been much much greater i think was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but eleven's not very much. there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting its. future on the game as i say other countries have got this technology they're developing it really rapidly...
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policy i'm also not an expert on sustainable farming systems the history of social movements or lego's the occupy movement has experts on all those things and more not really one of the happily married husband a father of two fantastic children i live on a main street in a small new england town with actual white picket fences i made this movie for you me and everyone we know in the hope that we can create a world where human need comes before corporate greed so why does it feel almost un-american to say that i think about it this way just go with me for a second here you know that scene from the oliver stone film wall street when gordon gekko played by michael douglas in a role that would win him an oscar appears at a shareholders meeting of a company or paper to defend his actions and his grotesque worldview and delivers the now famous speech where he says. the lack of better word is good. right. create works. there.
policy i'm also not an expert on sustainable farming systems the history of social movements or lego's the occupy movement has experts on all those things and more not really one of the happily married husband a father of two fantastic children i live on a main street in a small new england town with actual white picket fences i made this movie for you me and everyone we know in the hope that we can create a world where human need comes before corporate greed so why does it feel almost...
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policy is been codified now we don't see a change it's getting worse. it's got much worse to me strikes under obama have been much much greater i think he was a really was a good guy in terms of this but he didn't get reelected but i believe the eleven senators signed a letter today but eleven's not very many freely there's not enough opposition so i think we could be united states could be painting itself into a lot of problems for the future and again as i say other countries have got this technology they're developing it really rapidly when countries are attacking places that the united states have interests and i don't know what's going to be said well the wars will actually be triggered or what ok david i'll give you the last word in the program you know other countries who get these weapons and relatively soon. many many countries have got them and are beginning to use them and that disturbs americans in their xenophobia and their exceptionalism and that may help to change the debate i certainly hope so kusin it was not an elected he was redistric
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foreign policy goals it's an issue with covered extensively here at r.s.c. and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets and it turns out the u.s. has had one in saudi arabia for about two years or where in saudi arabia that's still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparently many media outlets knew all about the base but didn't report it it's now coming to light that american media did not report on it because of an agreement with the obama administration this according to the washington post and the new york times who are now coming forward with what they've known all this time for more i was joined by russ baker editor in chief of who what why dot com and i first asked him if this broken secret comes as a surprise. not really it's very common practice among american mainstream news organizations to receive requests from the u.s. government to withhold informati
foreign policy goals it's an issue with covered extensively here at r.s.c. and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets and it turns out the u.s. has had one in saudi arabia for about two years or where in saudi arabia that's still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparently many media outlets knew...
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it should be rejected as a tool of foreign policy." the church committee report came out, said that. gerald ford issued an executive order banning assassinations. the select committees on intelligence were formed in the house and the senate to exert oversight over the cia. since the armed services committees who had been supposedly overseeing them had fallen down on the job, actually, they'd never seen all that interested in that part of the job in the first place. and that is how we got to a place where these senators today could question this cia director nominee under the expectation that he has to answer to them. and they need to be apprised of what the cia is doing every step of the way. and targeted killing by the cia is not just something they're allowed to do quietly on their own or in private with the white house without at least having to explain. >> every american has the right to know when their government believes it's allowed to kill them. and ensuring that the congress has the documents and information it needs to conduc
it should be rejected as a tool of foreign policy." the church committee report came out, said that. gerald ford issued an executive order banning assassinations. the select committees on intelligence were formed in the house and the senate to exert oversight over the cia. since the armed services committees who had been supposedly overseeing them had fallen down on the job, actually, they'd never seen all that interested in that part of the job in the first place. and that is how we got...
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., foreign policy, the sad truth about benghazi. the cia director john brennan and his support for drone bombings to kill american traitors and we might get into waterboarding as well. first up the automatic sequester spending cuts set to kick in in three weeks. outgoing secretary of defense leon pan et offered these dire warning today before congress. take a listen. >> frankly one of the greatest security risks we are now facing as a nation that, this budget uncertainty could prompt the most significant readiness -- military readiness crisis in more than a decade. >> all right. but there are ways to responsibly trim the pentagon's budget and still protect national security. former defense undersecretary michelle flournoy, if identify got that right -- michelle flournoy, i beg your pardon, she penned an op-ed in the wall street journal this week. joining us is aforementioned michele flournoy. michelle, or undersecretary, which ever you prefer -- >> michelle, please. >> i thought your piece was terrific. sequester or not, defense dep
., foreign policy, the sad truth about benghazi. the cia director john brennan and his support for drone bombings to kill american traitors and we might get into waterboarding as well. first up the automatic sequester spending cuts set to kick in in three weeks. outgoing secretary of defense leon pan et offered these dire warning today before congress. take a listen. >> frankly one of the greatest security risks we are now facing as a nation that, this budget uncertainty could prompt the...
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we have republicans who are in a weird position on foreign policy and national security precisely because the president has been so aggressive. in a lot of ways there's not a lot of daylight between what republicans do in the same position as democrats. unless we're bipartisan, there is a lot of people in particular, chuck hagel as defense secretary nominee, and there has been some talk by some in the gop leadership that they will filibuster his nomination. john mccain saying he won't. what is your read on all that many. >> i think it will be a very interesting move to filibuster. it will be a drastic move. wron if you guys saw, but carl livin said he will hold a vote on the nomination tomorrow, so they are moving ahead with it. my hunch is that they won't because i think deep down inside republican senators believe that a president does deserve to choose his advisors, and i think it sets a bad press debt because one day there will be a republican in the white house again. maybe not, i guess. the venom from republican senators towards chuck hagel is pretty remarkable. this is not a fwi wh
we have republicans who are in a weird position on foreign policy and national security precisely because the president has been so aggressive. in a lot of ways there's not a lot of daylight between what republicans do in the same position as democrats. unless we're bipartisan, there is a lot of people in particular, chuck hagel as defense secretary nominee, and there has been some talk by some in the gop leadership that they will filibuster his nomination. john mccain saying he won't. what is...
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in president obama you had someone who campaigned in wanting to turn the page in terms of foreign policy from the bush doctrine, from the bush era policies, but in many ways has followed them and has been handed this entire security apparatus, this particular program began in 2004, about 400 strikes have happened so far. about 3,000 people have been killed, mostly pakistan, somali, yemen. but you have had this sort of deafening silence for the most part from progressives and liberals around this. you have had a few voices certainly on the hill and even on your network to raise questions about it, but by and large, the president has been given something of a pass. i think also the public has moved beyond this in some ways. there's a post-9/11 new normal in terms of how the public looks at the prosecution of this war on terror. they see it, it seems to me, as a vast war, an endless war in some ways that might be best prosecuted in this way rather than those large land wars we saw in afghanistan and iraq of this sort of pinpointed targeting of folks seem so far to have found some positive b
in president obama you had someone who campaigned in wanting to turn the page in terms of foreign policy from the bush doctrine, from the bush era policies, but in many ways has followed them and has been handed this entire security apparatus, this particular program began in 2004, about 400 strikes have happened so far. about 3,000 people have been killed, mostly pakistan, somali, yemen. but you have had this sort of deafening silence for the most part from progressives and liberals around...
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>> ultimately the key decision makers in american foreign policy are the same people. which is the president and its key advisors on the national security council. and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national security interests. it is not something we can wash our hands from. and there are serious dangers and implications to the united states and the president actually to ask its national security team for realistic options that then he request gather his team and debate and decide about. there hasn't, i think, been a serious debate even within the united states government as to what might be our three top options what are the costs and benefits of each. and if we were to pursue one of them, how would we do it. >> is there a legitimate argument that this destabilizes turkey to some degree, an important country to the united states, and a nato ally, andrew. >> absolutel
>> ultimately the key decision makers in american foreign policy are the same people. which is the president and its key advisors on the national security council. and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national security interests. it is not something we can wash our hands from. and there...
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not foreign policy or social issues, very focused. the republican establishment loved that, crossroads spent 300 million-dollar and they lost. let the republicans and conservatives of the country run campaigns. >> and crossroads will spend tens of millions of more dollars in 2014 supporting more establishment candidates against people like todd aiken, murdock in indiana. how does this fit together? >> let me rise above the partisan bickering here. and let us reason together. i think one way that you can unite the party, which has had major success in integrating the more populous elements is agree on the buckley rule. people will try to support and nominate the most conservative candidate who can win. if you don't try to make statements by nominating extreme conservatives who can be sort of enjoyable and outside the populous but have no chance of winning in a general election, you don't go that way. classic example, delaware senate 2010. they threw away a seat. they would have had a moderate. a semi-liberal republican but this beats a
not foreign policy or social issues, very focused. the republican establishment loved that, crossroads spent 300 million-dollar and they lost. let the republicans and conservatives of the country run campaigns. >> and crossroads will spend tens of millions of more dollars in 2014 supporting more establishment candidates against people like todd aiken, murdock in indiana. how does this fit together? >> let me rise above the partisan bickering here. and let us reason together. i think...